Sutro is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* (1784–1869), German rabbi in
Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen (, , ; wep, Gelsenkiärken) is the 25th most populous city of Germany and the 11th most populous in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with 262,528 (2016) inhabitants. On the Emscher River (a tributary of the Rhine), it lies ...
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Adolph Sutro
Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro (April 29, 1830 – August 8, 1898) was a German-American engineer, politician and philanthropist who served as the 24th mayor of San Francisco from 1895 until 1897. Born a German Jew, he moved to Virginia Cit ...
(1830–1898), Mayor of San Francisco
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Florence Sutro (1865–1906), musician and painter, sister-in-law of Adolph and Otto Sutro
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Otto Sutro
Otto Sutro (1833 – January 19, 1896) was a German-born American organist, conductor, minor composer, publisher and music store owner, and a leading figure in the musical life of Baltimore, Maryland.
Biography
Sutro was born to a Jewish family i ...
(1833–1896), Adolph's brother, a musician of Baltimore
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Alfred Sutro
Alfred Sutro OBE (7 August 1863 – 11 September 1933) was an English author, dramatist and translator. In addition to a succession of successful plays of his own in the first quarter of the 20th century, Sutro made the first English translation ...
(1863–1933), British playwright
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Rose and Ottilie Sutro
Rose Sutro (15 September 187011 January 1957) and Ottilie Sutro (4 January 187212 September 1970) were American sisters who were notable as one of the first recognised duo-piano teams. It has been claimed they were the first such team, but Willi ...
(1870–1957 and 1872–1970), daughters of Otto, one of the first piano duo teams
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John Sutro
John Sutro (23 April 1903 – 18 June 1985) was a British film producer. He produced seven films between 1941 and 1951. He was a member of the jury at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.
Education
At Oxford Sutro conceived the Railw ...
(1903–1985), British film producer
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John Sutro (American football)
John Robert Sutro (born May 8, 1940) is a former player in the National Football League. He played with the San Francisco 49ers during the 1962 NFL season
The 1962 NFL season was the 43rd regular season of the National Football League (NFL). ...
(born 1940)
See also
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Sutro, Nevada
Sutro, Nevada is a ghost town in Lyon County, Nevada, near where the Sutro Tunnel is located.
History
Sutro was founded by Adolph Sutro, an immigrant of Prussia, Germany. He came to the United States in 1850, and while in San Francisco he hear ...
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Sutro Tunnel
The Sutro Tunnel is a drainage tunnel (adit) connected to the Comstock Lode in Northern Nevada. It begins at Dayton, Nevada and connects Northwest to the Savage mine in Virginia City, Nevada.
The tunnel was proposed by Adolph Sutro, a Prussian J ...
in Nevada
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Sutro District
The Sutro Historic District is a National Park Service historic district in the Lands End area of the Outer Richmond District in western San Francisco, California. It is within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, since being acquire ...
in San Francisco, containing:
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Sutro Baths
The Sutro Baths was a large, privately owned public saltwater swimming pool complex in the Lands End area of the Outer Richmond District in western San Francisco, California.
Built in 1894, the Sutro Baths was located north of Ocean Beach, ...
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Sutro Heights Park
Sutro Heights Park is an historic public park in the Outer Richmond District of western San Francisco, California. It is within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and the Sutro Historic District.
It is located above the Cliff House in the ...
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Mount Sutro
Mount Sutro is a hill in central San Francisco, California. It was originally named Mount Parnassus.
Geography
The low mountain is in elevation. Mount Sutro is one of the many named hills within San Francisco, and among its original "Seven Hill ...
in San Francisco
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Sutro Tower
Sutro Tower is a unique three-legged tall TV and radio lattice tower located in San Francisco, California. Rising from a hill between Twin Peaks and Mount Sutro near Clarendon Heights, it is a prominent feature of the city skyline and a landma ...
on Mount Sutro
* Sutro Library, San Francisco branch of the
California State Library
The California State Library is the state library of the State of California, founded in 1850 by the California State Legislature. The Library collects, preserves, generates and disseminates a wide array of information. Today, it is the central ...
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Sutro's gum tree ranch in San Francisco's Glen Canyon Park
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Jewish surnames
Surnames of German origin